Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-02-19
FROM Il CAPITAL.

FROM The CAPITAL.
Judge Chords Work-The Dawes
misunderstanding.
Special Correspondents Of the INrrR. OCEAN.
WAsHINaT0N, Feb. I.-Judye Clifford
has been doing %herculean aud titanic
work for the Sioux bill and all other
matters interesting to Dakota during the
past week. Hiscorrespondence i. so,ne-
thing immense and wonderful. He has
more actual labor to perform than any
other member OF congress. His terri
tory is an empire and his constituency
as large rs tn It Of q senator. True his
territory Is not a sovereign state, but the
inhabitants throughout the length aud
breadth thersOf are rs exactins as SD
many ~cormorAnts. They write him upon
all sorts of subjects AMI keep him Olsy
looking after their Individual Interests,
while he ii.s, Ut the salns tiins, to 10 *
out for all matters pertaining to the gem
eral welfare. Right royalty and we'll
does he rise tO the O.cIsion aud meet
every emergency. His principal public
work in the departments at present is 10
make accurate and adequate prepara-
tions for the proper increase Of postal ia
cillties for the realm during the coming
spring and summer months. There are
now over 200 new communities demand
ing postOtices and postal routes. The
establishment of new Offices Is q matter
Of difficulty which cannot be fully and
properly ret forth. There IL y disposi-
ton on the part Of the first assistant
postmaster general to look with suspicion
upon all applications for new offices.
This Is natural when you stop to consider
the amount Of townsite booming that
has been done in Dakota during the past
few years. Evory new operator In real
estate who has had q new town 10 bsp0in
has applied for u postofice. It is com
p%arativelv a small matter to get up Pc
titi"ns a mile long, setting forth the vast
possibilities of the. new town like apros-
pectus. The coming of railroads which
will = GOMEZ and the growth Of tho
adjoining country is all set forth graph
ically Il n ! also other matters which tend
to convince the authorities ut Washing
ton that there IS u new Chicago or Kan
sas City growing up on the prairie.
These and other alleged facts are set
forth in surh u as to warrant the
establishment Of Il new office. Usually
when these Offices have been established
they have 10 be discontinued within q
for warded for . change to some new po-
al. o which has l,een selected by some
rival and successful boomer. The cnn-
sequence Of II all has been that the de-
p%artn,ent looks with suspicion upon a
new application. In order to succeed in
having new offices eSta'.' ished the dele
gate must load himself with facts and
make an elaborate showing of reasons
why The offices should be- estab ished,
before the matter is accomplished. When
the Off q ia ordered to be set in motion
a new difficulty then comes. Is theoffice
upon a regularly established mail route3
Is it within easy access of one of the reg
ular star routes7 Will 1t cost the gov
eminent much money 20 supply it with
mail3 The contract office (second assis-
tant postmaster gcneral) must then be
convinced Of the necessity OF supplying
and paying for the CARRYING OF the mails.
Otherwise, the new %rOstOffice must get
its mail by paying II carrier tn bring 1t
from the nearest established office. This
Is called especial SERVICE" 1t is a bur-
den to a new community to pay its post
age and also hire a man 10 carry itsMail.
We OF the etfete east can have carriers
bring our letters. circulars an l papers
to our doors and even come into our
houses and deposit them upon our desks.
but the farmer and mechanic must run
the gauntlet Of an imquisitive dSpsr'
ment to even get an Office established
AMI the mail broughtto the Office at pub
lie expense. These things ought not t.
be so, but they are, and the result of these
complications is that Judge Clifford has
an unnecessary addition to the burdens.
which crowd upon him. He is a man
who is not fully appre lated; who is no,
half appreciated by the people whom he
serves so we'll and faithfully. There is
no man in the city of Washington who
works so hard for his people as Clifford.
Mr.. Whiteside, of Vermillion. is here
after the Deadwood land ottire. He is
endorsed by Inman. Boynton and sev-
eral Others. His claims are being spec
tally urged by Hon. VIM. r. Morrison.
Of Illinois. His claims are not unlike
his chances. That is very slim. He
will not get the office. There IL no rea-
son that has yet been made known to the
interior department or to the president
why he should be appointed. The man
who is most strongly urged for the offire
is an I%ndianian. and Senator Voorhees, ia
moving heaven aud earth to accomplish
his appointment. He will not be ap-
3. pointed. No man was eve so strongly
and persistently urged upon the presen,
administration. Senator voorhees, goes
out on a hunt for that Office every day
and swears that he will bag his game.
But he won't. There will probably be
Dakota man appointed. I am willing Ia
risk my reputation AZ a newsYatherer OF
the appointment OF Frost to that office
It has been promised him. actually prom
ised out and out, by the appointing
power. He is endorsed by Day. Church
and all other reputable Democrats Of thu
terri,orv. lam informed that his friends